Speaker 1: On a more serious note, though, we want to give
Speaker 1: you another suggestion on ways to give of service this
Speaker 1: coming Friday, Mandela Day. All of last week we focused
Speaker 1: on a couple of ideas and we'll carry on doing
Speaker 1: it this week, so that if you haven't yet found
Speaker 1: a way to give back, or perhaps your company hasn't
Speaker 1: sort of lobbied everyone behind a particular cause and you
Speaker 1: just want to do something on your own, we can
Speaker 1: give you some inspiration. Today, we want to talk to
Speaker 1: you about what Rape Crisis is doing on Friday, because
Speaker 1: they are hoping to rally volunteers to pack essential items
Speaker 1: for their care Pack drive at their Salt River offices.
Speaker 1: While I'm thinking of it, I also want to mention
Speaker 1: that Grand West is doing something on Friday, and the
Speaker 1: chef Kishen as he left did ask me to mention
Speaker 1: that they are going to be packing food and preparing
Speaker 1: meals for those in need with their team on Friday.
Speaker 1: They're hoping to pack five thousand meals with Rise Against Hunger.
Speaker 1: So if you are looking for something in that part
Speaker 1: of the world, perhaps you might like to join in
Speaker 1: that activity at Grand West. But here today the focus
Speaker 1: is on Rape Crisis and their care packs which are
Speaker 1: much more than simply a bag of toiletries. With me
Speaker 1: on the line, Jamillae is smell of rape crisis, Jimilla.
Speaker 1: We're very happy to have you with us a fundraising
Speaker 1: officer for the organization, which we know is a particularly
Speaker 1: challenging role in current economic circumstances. Thank you for your time.
Speaker 2: Hi Paper, thank you so much for having me here today.
Speaker 2: I'm sure happy to be sharing about our Mandela Day Capectrive,
Speaker 2: which actually starting twenty fifteen and since then we've tried
Speaker 2: our best to keep it consistently going as an annual
Speaker 2: event on Mandela Day and inviting people like you said
Speaker 2: to share the sixty spend the sixty seven minutes with
Speaker 2: us and pack a capac which you've touched on a
Speaker 2: little bit. But these care packs are quite a big deal.
Speaker 2: They are small, but they hold a great deal which
Speaker 2: include just a christ change of closing and some basic toiletries.
Speaker 2: And this care packt is something that a survivor would
Speaker 2: receive after attending our post grape medical care facilities which
Speaker 2: are called to do. There are care centers and our
Speaker 2: attached hospitals in and around Cape Town and often is
Speaker 2: the first source of compassion and comfort that a survivor
Speaker 2: receives the first physical reminder that someone cares. And so
Speaker 2: having this event is just basically an opportunity not only
Speaker 2: to invite our supporters, our audiences, our volunteers, people that
Speaker 2: feel aligned with the work that we do to come
Speaker 2: and spend their sixty seven when it's not us, but
Speaker 2: also an opportunity for us to connect with our supporters
Speaker 2: in person, because we never get a chance to really
Speaker 2: do that in our work throughout the years. So it's
Speaker 2: a special one.
Speaker 1: Jamila, I want to circle back to really just emphasize
Speaker 1: again what you said there that this is much more
Speaker 1: than handing somebody a deodor into a piece of soap
Speaker 1: that they might have physical need of, because the act,
Speaker 1: just the mere act of coming to a Tota Zella
Speaker 1: care center is an active, immense courage, the act of
Speaker 1: seeking help rather than as we know, many survivors do
Speaker 1: not speak up, do not tell anybody, cannot face what
Speaker 1: they think the repercussions are going to be in terms
Speaker 1: of secondary victimization, and don't share any of what has
Speaker 1: happened to them with anybody. So the very act of
Speaker 1: arriving at a TOUTA Zella Care center is one that
Speaker 1: requires a huge summoning up of courage. Do you want
Speaker 1: to just expand for us and emphasize what it then
Speaker 1: means to be there and not just be treated with
Speaker 1: compassion by the staff there and given the medical care
Speaker 1: that is necessary, but to be handed a parcel that
Speaker 1: somebody else has packed for you, who has thought about
Speaker 1: what you might need in this darkest moment of your life.
Speaker 1: There is a moment of sort of humanizing. I've been
Speaker 1: reminded there that although the person who's done this to
Speaker 1: you was acting in the most inhuman way possible, not everybody.
Speaker 2: Is like that exactly, no, speaking exactly the fact, that
Speaker 2: is exactly what we do, and it is absolutely one
Speaker 2: of those things where you spend your sixty seven minutes.
Speaker 2: But it's about turning that empathy into action and knowing
Speaker 2: that what you are doing is going to directly impact
Speaker 2: the life of a survivor and bring them comfort in
Speaker 2: their journey. It is a big deal. There's many factors
Speaker 2: involved in reporting sexual violence, and these many factors we
Speaker 2: know that stop individuals and survivors from actually doing that,
Speaker 2: So yes, it is a major step for them to
Speaker 2: actually attend these to their Lackey centers. And the fact
Speaker 2: that we can have our supporters and audiences be a
Speaker 2: part of directly impacting a survivor on their journey, you know,
Speaker 2: providing that little bit of safety and reassured and in
Speaker 2: the form of a key pack right after they had
Speaker 2: a wing experience is major an deeply impactful and so
Speaker 2: we know that when people come and pack with us,
Speaker 2: even they receive the tag that entails who exactly they
Speaker 2: are packing a keypack for. And oftentimes even the layman's
Speaker 2: people that come and they just are supporting us and
Speaker 2: wanting to spend the sixty even with a Minnesotas can
Speaker 2: feel trick, it can form feel some sort of secondy traumas.
Speaker 2: So we have counselors on site for that exact reason
Speaker 2: as well, just in case, you know, any containment needs
Speaker 2: to occur and we need to provide some sort of
Speaker 2: safe space and some words of encouragement. But it is everything.
Speaker 2: So we invite people to join us if that's what
Speaker 2: they feel aligned with, but also understand that it's you know,
Speaker 2: it's deep and it's impactful.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Now, if somebody does feel aligned and would like
Speaker 1: to join you on Friday. Firstly, what is entailed, how
Speaker 1: much time do they need to give, where do they
Speaker 1: need to be, et cetera. And secondly, how do they
Speaker 1: connect with you to let them let you know that
Speaker 1: they're coming.
Speaker 2: Okay, amazing. So basically our care tact drive will be
Speaker 2: open from ten am until two pm on Friday the
Speaker 2: eighteenth of July, and we will be We've got a
Speaker 2: collaboration on with to You who's also previously known as
Speaker 2: Gets Smarter. So the event will take place at their
Speaker 2: offices at e five eighth Victory Earl. You can look
Speaker 2: at our socials Grape Crisis Caape some trust for all
Speaker 2: information as well. And then also you can reach out
Speaker 2: to me directly as the fundraising officer. You can give
Speaker 2: me an email at which is my name Jamiela j
Speaker 2: A M double e l A h at today crisis
Speaker 2: dot org dot jed A happy to answer any questions
Speaker 2: and then people can just come spend as much time
Speaker 2: with us as they would like to. Sometimes we get
Speaker 2: people come in with donations of toylity items as well,
Speaker 2: which is more than welcome to do. And that list
Speaker 2: can also be found on our socials. It's just a
Speaker 2: tooth brush space, closs help and sanity towels that go
Speaker 2: into the pack as essential items. And yeah, they can
Speaker 2: come and spend all four hours with us or the
Speaker 2: sixty seven minutes or less time. It doesn't matter. We
Speaker 2: encourage everyone to just come and be a part of
Speaker 2: the day.
Speaker 1: Jamina, I hope you're going to be overwhelmed with pairs
Speaker 1: of hands wanting to help. Just to repeat Jamila's email
Speaker 1: address j A. M. Double e l Ah Jamila at
Speaker 1: rapecrisis dot org dot side. Otherwise, go onto their social
Speaker 1: media go to their website rape crisis dot org dot
Speaker 1: SIDA for details on how to sign up or on
Speaker 1: how to pledge your donation in kind if that is
Speaker 1: how you would like to help. Jamila, thank you so
Speaker 1: much for your time the fundraising officer for Rape Crisis
Speaker 1: doing absolutely essential work. And another idea on how you
Speaker 1: might like to share your sixty seven minutes this Friday,